Abnormal Psychology Exam Practice Tests
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Abnormal Psychology explores the nature, causes, and treatment of psychological disorders. The course examines definitions of abnormality, historical and cultural perspectives, and the current classification systems such as the DSM. Students learn about the major categories of mental disorders including anxiety, mood, psychotic, and personality disorders and the biological, psychological, and social factors that contribute to them. Discussion includes case studies, approaches to assessment, therapeutic interventions, and ethical considerations in mental health care, providing a comprehensive understanding of maladaptive behavior and its impact on individuals and society.
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Clinical Psychology Science Practice and Culture 4th Edition by Andrew M. (Mark) Pomerantz
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Chapter 1: Clinical Psychology: Definition and Training
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Q1) The _____is an organization whose member graduate programs emphasize and promote scientific,research-based clinical psychology as the legitimate form of clinical psychology.
A)Academy of Psychological Clinical Science
B)American Academy of Psychology
C)American Psychological Association
D)Association for the Advancement of Clinical Psychology
Answer: A
Q2) Diane has been accepted into a clinical psychology graduate program that adheres to the Vail Model of training.Upon graduation from the program,Diane is most likely to earn a _____ and work in a _____.
A)PsyD,clinical setting
B)PhD,clinical setting
C)PsyD,university psychology department
D)PhD,university psychology department
Answer: A
Q3) The scientist-practitioner model of graduate training is also known as the _____ model.
Answer: Boulder
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Chapter 2: Evolution of Clinical Psychology
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Q1) The DSM is published by the
A)American Psychological Association.
B)National Association of Social Workers.
C)American Psychotherapy Association.
D)American Psychiatric Association.
Answer: D
Q2) At the first psychological clinic,the patients were primarily
A)children with school-related problems.
B)adults with personality disorders.
C)children and adults with depression.
D)couples experiencing relationship problems.
Answer: A
Q3) The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory is an example of a(n)_____ personality test.
Answer: objective
Q4) What organization is the author of the DSM-5?
Answer: American Psychiatric Association
Q5) Who founded the first psychological clinic?
Answer: Lightner Whitmer
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Chapter 3: Current Controversies in Clinical Psychology
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Q1) List two advantages of evidence-based practice.
Answer: Scientific legitimacy,establishing minimal levels of competence,training improvements,and decreased reliance on clinical judgment.
Q2) Advocates for prescription privileges for clinical psychologists cite _____ as support for their argument.
A)an excess of psychiatrists,especially in rural areas,
B)convenience for clients
C)the opportunity to work collaboratively with physicians
D)the ability to replace psychotherapy with medication
Answer: B
Q3) According to Cummings (2007),_____% of prescriptions written for psychoactive medications come from primary-care physicians.
A)under 10
B)30
C)50
D)over 80
Answer: D
Q4) The first list of empirically validated treatments was published in _____. Answer: 1995
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Chapter 4: Cultural Issues in Clinical Psychology
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Q1) The American Psychological Association has created divisions addressing all of the following areas of diversity except _____.
A)women
B)religion
C)ethnic minorities
D)sightedness
Q2) Briefly explain how the height of basketball star Yao Ming illustrates the concept of heterogeneity within a culture.
Q3) In 2000,the number of first-generation immigrants in the United States represented about ____% of the U.S.population.
A)2
B)5
C)10
D)20
Q4) The etic perspective
A)emphasizes similarities between all people.
B)attaches great importance to differences between cultural groups.
C)was less dominant in the early days of psychology than it is today.
D)seeks to emphasize the differences among people.
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Chapter 5: Ethical Issues in Clinical Psychology
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Q1) Which of the following is TRUE regarding ethical decision making by clinical psychologists?
A)Consulting with colleagues about ethically challenging situations is recommended,as long as client confidentiality is protected.
B)Consulting with colleagues about ethically challenging situations is recommended,and because the information is being shared with other qualified professionals,the client's confidentiality need not be protected.
C)Consulting with colleagues about ethically challenging situations is generally discouraged.
D)Consulting with colleagues about ethically challenging situations is recommended,provided such colleagues are licensed in the same state as the psychologist with questions.
Q2) The first APA code of ethics was published in _____.
A)1896
B)1953
C)1990
D)2002
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Chapter 6: Conducting Research in Clinical Psychology
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Q1) _____ variables are those variables in an experiment that are expected to change as a result of changes in the variable manipulated by the researcher.
A)Internal
B)External
C)Independent
D)Dependent
Q2) Compared to effectiveness studies,efficacy studies of psychotherapy outcome generally have
A)weaker internal validity.
B)weaker external validity.
C)little or no criteria for who is allowed to participate.
D)significant funding from the American Counseling Association.
Q3) In _____,researchers test the outcome of a manualized therapy on a particular diagnosis.Participants are randomly assigned to treatment or nontreatment groups,and target variables are assessed at the outset and end of the study.
Q4) Compare and contrast cross-sectional designs and longitudinal designs.
Q5) _____ validity refers to the generalizability of a study's results,or the extent to which the study's findings hold true across different settings and populations.
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Chapter 7: Diagnosis and Classification Issues: DSM-5 and More
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Q1) Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A)Although many publications print the newest diagnostic manual's title as DSM-5,the correct printing requires a Roman numeral (DSM-V).
B)As with previous editions,the current edition of the DSM instructs clinicians to provide multiaxial diagnoses.
C)The current DSM requires a GAF score to accompany all diagnoses.
D)The current DSM eliminates the five axis diagnostic system.
Q2) DSM-5 was created by
A)soliciting and summarizing public opinion on which disorders in DSM-IV should be eliminated.
B)prominent researchers who were members of a Task Force and Work Groups.
C)the American Counseling Association.
D)the same organization that publishes the International Classification of Diseases.
Q3) The DSM reflects a _____ model of psychopathology.
Q4) What central feature of DSM-III,DSM-III-R,DSM-IV,and DSM-IV-TR was eliminated in DSM-5?
Q5) List one criticism of recent editions of the DSM.
Q6) What is harmful dysfunction theory?
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Chapter 8: The Clinical Interview
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Q1) Devlin and Nasar (2012)found that therapists and nonprofessionals asked to rate pictures of offices preferred clinicians' offices that A)were orderly,spacious,and contained comfortable seats B)featured bright lightening and personal photos.
C)were smaller in size,creating an intimate atmosphere.
D)arranged the furniture so the therapist could sit behind the client.
Q2) Dr.Huckabee is conducting a clinical interview with Megan.At the end of the interview,he ties together various topics that Megan discussed,connecting statements she made at various points,and identifies themes in the information she has provided.Which of the following techniques is Dr.Huckabee using?
A)Paraphrasing
B)Reflection of feeling
C)Clarification
D)Summarizing
Q3) Based on research and recommendations presented in the textbook,describe an ideal design for a clinician's interview room or office.
Q4) What are the advantages and disadvantages of note taking during the clinical interview?
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Chapter 9: Intellectual and Neuropsychological Assessment
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Q1) The WIAT is
A)currently in its second edition.
B)a lengthy neuropsychological test designed to localize neurologic damage following stroke.
C)a recently developed intelligence test that involves no verbal instructions or responses,thus enhancing cultural fairness.
D)an individually administered test of language,reading,writing,and mathematics achievement.
Q2) The WAIS features _____ factors,each of which yields an index score.The SB5 features _____ factors.
A)four,four
B)four,five
C)five,four
D)five,five
Q3) Who created the three-stratum theory of intelligence?
Q4) Describe the Wechsler Memory Scale-Fourth Edition.
Q5) The _____ is a lengthy battery of eight standardized neuropsychological tests used to identify people with brain damage.
Q6) How are fluid and crystallized intelligence different from each other?
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Chapter 10: Personality Assessment and Behavioral Assessment
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Q1) "Therapeutic assessment"
A)involves the use of projective personality tests in a deliberately therapeutic way.
B)is a practice developed by Stephen Finn and colleagues in which cognitive therapy begins without a formal assessment,with the assumption that the first few sessions of therapy can provide adequate assessment data.
C)requires the use of massage to decrease patient nervousness prior to beginning an assessment.
D)describes the use of psychological testing and feedback as a brief therapeutic intervention.
Q2) What are the five personality traits measured by the NEO-Personality Inventory?
Q3) The _____is a new,shorter version of the MMPI-2 released in 2008.
A)MMPI-3
B)MMPI-A
C)MMPI-2-RF
D)MMPI-Mini
Q4) Why was the MMPI revised,resulting in the MMPI-2?
Q5) What are the two phases of administration for the Rorschach Inkblot Method?
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Q6) On what type of test might the item "I enjoy _____" appear?
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Chapter 11: General Issues in Psychotherapy
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Q1) According to surveys of clinical psychologists since 1960,the most commonly endorsed psychotherapy orientation
A)was the eclectic/integrative orientation until 2010,when the cognitive orientation was most commonly endorsed.
B)has consistently been the behavioral orientation.
C)has consistently been the psychodynamic orientation.
D)was the psychodynamic orientation until the 1980s,and has been the behavioral orientation since that time.
Q2) The extent to which a psychotherapy works in a controlled research setting with well-defined groups of patients is best described as the _____ of that form of psychotherapy.
A)efficacy
B)effectiveness
C)evidence
D)none of the above
Q3) List two common factors discussed in the text.
Q4) What was the conclusion of Hans Eysenck's (1952)study of psychotherapy?
Q5) A(n)_____ approach to therapy blends techniques to create an entirely new,hybrid form of therapy.
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Chapter 12: Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
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Q1) Which Freudian psychosexual stage is associated with the development of control?
Q2) The "blank screen" role of the psychotherapist is most important to _____ psychotherapists.
A)cognitive
B)psychodynamic
C)behavioral
D)humanistic
Q3) According to psychodynamic theory,the _____ is the part of the mind that generates defense mechanisms.
A)ego
B)superego
C)id
D)alterego
Q4) _____ is the defense mechanism in which the ego projects an id impulse onto other people around us.
A)Displacement
B)Repression
C)Projection
D)Reaction formation
Q5) What is a defense mechanism? Name and describe two defense mechanisms.
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Chapter 13: Humanistic Psychotherapy
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Q1) The primary goal of humanistic psychotherapy is
A)to foster self-actualization.
B)to make the unconscious conscious.
C)rational,logical thought.
D)behavior change using operant and classical conditioning techniques.
Q2) _____ takes place when a humanistic therapist responds to a client by rephrasing or restating the client's statements in a way that highlights the client's feelings or emotions.
Q3) _____ is a short-term humanistic therapy that emphasizes the expression,acknowledgement,and healing power of emotions in the present moment.
A)Gestalt therapy
B)Emotionally focused therapy
C)Congruence therapy
D)Genuineness therapy
Q4) _____ is a pioneer of the humanistic approach to psychotherapy.
A)Sigmund Freud
B)B)F.Skinner
C)Donald Meichenbaum
D)Carl Rogers
Q5) List the three key elements of humanistic therapy.
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Chapter 14: Behavior Therapy
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Q1) Sherrie is diagnosed with depression.She believes she is unlovable,cries several hours per day,consumes less calories,and thinks her symptoms will never end.In treatment,a behavior therapist is most likely to target
A)Sherrie's emotional sadness.
B)the amount of time Sherrie cries each day.
C)the number of calories Sherrie consumes and her belief that she is unlovable.
D)Sherrie's thought that her symptoms will never end.
Q2) Which of the following statements about Ivan Pavlov is NOT true?
A)He was a physiologist originally studying the digestive systems of dogs.
B)He conducted research that laid the groundwork for classical conditioning.
C)He found that dogs would salivate in response to a stimulus that had previously been paired with food.
D)He partnered with Albert Bandura on studies of social learning.
Q3) What form of behavioral consultation helps parents with the problematic behaviors of their children?
Q4) Briefly explain how behavior therapists conduct parent training.
Q5) Describe the process of exposure therapy.What psychological problem is it usually used to treat? Include key elements or techniques used in this type of therapy.
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Chapter 15: Cognitive Psychotherapy and Mindfulness-Based Therapies
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Q1) Natalie,a psychotherapy client,is depressed about a recent breakup with her boyfriend.She believes that the breakup is entirely her fault,and that if she had done things differently,she would not be alone now.This belief best exemplifies the cognitive thought distortion known as _____.
A)all-or-nothing thinking
B)catastrophizing
C)personalization
D)mental filtering
Q2) Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT)is most closely associated with _____.
A)Marsha Linehan
B)Judith Beck
C)Steven Hayes
D)Aaron Beck
Q3) The cognitive thought distortion defined as assuming excessive personal responsibility for negative events is _____.
A)all-or-nothing thinking
B)catastrophizing
C)personalization
D)overgeneralization
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Chapter 16: Group and Family Therapy
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Q1) Dr.Dobson suspects violence and abuse in the relationship of his newest couples' therapy patients,Hugh and Julie.If he wishes to assess the situation using a method that is more structured and formal than a clinical interview,he is likely to administer the
A)Domestic Abuse Checklist for Children (DACC).
B)Sampson's Worthwhile Abuse Technique (SWAT).
C)At-Home Violence Metric (AVM).
D)Conflict Tactics Scales (CTS).
Q2) _____ therapy is designed for adolescents who have legal troubles that stem from long-term behavioral and emotional problems.
Q3) More than any other form of therapy,_____ therapy is characterized by a systems approach to understanding psychological problems.
A)group
B)family
C)behavioral
D)cognitive
Q4) What type of family therapy uses "solution-talk" and focuses almost exclusively on solutions?
Q5) What do group therapists mean by the term social microcosm?
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Chapter 17: Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology
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Q1) In what type of therapy is a child taught to gain control over his behaviors by saying instructions aloud to himself?
Q2) Self-instructional training is a form of psychotherapy with children that derives from the _____ approach to psychotherapy.
A)psychodynamic
B)behavioral
C)cognitive
D)humanistic
Q3) _____ psychology is a cross-disciplinary field that promotes both the mental and physical health of children with medical conditions.
Q4) What type of test are instruments such as the Roberts Apperception Test and the TEMAS?
Q5) Which three factors did Grotberg (2003)suggest contribute to resilience in children?
A)Child strengths,parental support,and community involvement
B)External supports,inner strengths,and interpersonal problem-solving skills
C)Peer relationships,educational commitment,and quality of life
D)Social supports,psychological skills,and biological strengths
Q6) What is the recommended approach to assessment of children?
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Chapter 18: Health Psychology
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Q1) _____,in which multiple types of care are found in one centralized location,have been proposed as a solution for delivering higher quality and more cost-effective primary care.
A)Patient-centered medical homes
B)Primary care clinics
C)Family-centered care houses
D)Government-run medicenters
Q2) What is the name of an organism's response when it perceives a threat and its body rapidly mobilizes energy reserves via the sympathetic nervous system and endocrine system?
Q3) The purpose of _____ is to achieve control over the body via educating patients about bodily processes of which they are typically unaware.Technology is used to convert some physiological functions into sights or sounds the patient can monitor.
A)biofeedback
B)cognitive psychotherapy
C)detoxification
D)the ABCDS system
Q4) Briefly summarize the hypotheses offered to explain how social support positively influences physical health.
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Chapter 19: Forensic Psychology
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Q1) Who wrote On the Witness Stand and presented testimony in a case that established the first standard for expert testimony?
Q2) Clinical psychologists conducting assessments in forensic settings
A)should build rapport by assuring the person being assessed that no information collected during the assessment can be used against him.
B)are rarely asked to determine the mental status of a defendant pleading not guilty by reason of insanity.
C)may be asked to assess for child custody,personal injury lawsuits,and workers' compensation hearings.
D)must provide copies of the assessment report to the person being assessed,as well as any agency paying for the evaluation.
Q3) The application of psychological methods and principles within the legal system is known as _____.
Q4) ______ psychologists can be involved in forensic psychology.
A)Clinical
B)Clinical and cognitive
C)Clinical,cognitive,and social
D)All specializations except clinical
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